The LLS is recognition of the best team in the League over the length of the season, having played all their opponents several times.
The Challenge Cup is quite obviously a straight knockout competition.
The GF is the outcome of yet another knockout competition where the entrants are the top clubs in the League at the end of the season. This has been boosted by Sky as the 'Major Trophy' because that's where they've spent all their cash and a Knockout Final always boosts the ratings!!

Charlie Wong?

Oh, and the fans of all your rival clubs...

Yes Saints acted and we didn't. They will have Top 4 as a stretch target, whereas we have bottom 4 as a racing certainty.
Failing to plan, was planning to fail.

Something we have actually been good at, failing to plan. We must of trained well fo that

If the worst does come to the worst climbing out of the Championship will be much harder than avoiding the drop.

How the mighty have fallen, or are falling.
It's a sorry tail of influential people at the club all taking their eyes off the ball in unison.
What was the cause ?
Apathy, Arrogance, Recruitment, Leadership etc etc...
Hard to believe that all this was bubbling under during last season's heroics and the cracks were so well papered over later still with that other heroic effort against world class NRL opposition.
Well anyway the wheels well and truly 'came off.
I'm not sure any of the RL watching world really know why, it's a conundrum without one answer but many.
But for sure many have taken their eyes off the ball and all have waited with some arrogance for it just to fit back together without one key ingredient. CHANGE.